CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Center, New Delhi (RGCI) have installed the first-ever Made-in-India Surgical Robotic System, “SSI-Mantra”, devised by the new-age Indian med-tech start-up SS Innovations.

Detailed explanation-2: -"SSI Mantra, a brainchild of robotic cardiac surgeon Dr Sudhir P Srivastava, has introduced a new era of surgical procedures in India, making robotic surgery accessible and affordable for the people of our country.

Detailed explanation-3: -After the US FDA approval of the da Vinci system in 2000,[2] India got its first urologic robotic installation at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, in 2006.

Detailed explanation-4: -Safdarjung hospital is the first Central Government hospital in India to start robotic renal transplants. According to Dr Verma, this is the first time a robotic renal surgery was conducted at Safdarjung hospital.

Detailed explanation-5: -1980s. The first records of robotic surgery performed date to the 80s. Specifically, the first surgical robot, PUMA 560, was used in a brain biopsy procedure. This procedure took place in 1985 as robotics started to be implemented to reduce movement due to hand tremors.